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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Cosmic whistle packs a surprisingly energetic punchhttp://news.psu.edu/story/437486/2016/11/14/cosmic-whistle-packs-surprisingly-energetic-punch
For the first time, astronomers have discovered that mysterious "cosmic whistles" known as fast radio bursts have a billion times more explosive power than previously known. The team is the first to detect gamma rays -- the most powerful type of electromagnetic energy -- in these fast radio bursts, which previously had been detected exclusively in radio waves -- the least powerful type of electromagnetic energy.
http://news.psu.edu/story/437486/2016/11/14/cosmic-whistle-packs-surprisingly-energetic-punchMon, 14 Nov 2016 13:26 -0500Penn State News - Swift satelliteNASA's Swift Satellite marks 10 years of game-changing astrophysicshttp://news.psu.edu/story/335646/2014/11/20/research/nasas-swift-satellite-marks-10-years-game-changing-astrophysics
On the 10th anniversary of its launch, NASA’s Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer -- an orbiting space observatory with major and continuing contributions from Penn State scientists -- is recognized as one of the most versatile astrophysics missions ever flown. It remains the only satellite that can precisely locate gamma-ray bursts -- the universe’s most powerful explosions. It also is the only satellite that can monitor the explosions in space across a broad range of wavelengths using multiple instruments before these powerful bursts fade from view.
http://news.psu.edu/story/335646/2014/11/20/research/nasas-swift-satellite-marks-10-years-game-changing-astrophysicsThu, 20 Nov 2014 18:54 -0500Penn State News - Swift satelliteSwift satellite photos capture comet racing toward a close encounter with Marshttp://news.psu.edu/story/318741/2014/06/23/research/swift-satellite-photos-capture-comet-racing-toward-close-encounter
Photos of a comet racing toward an astonishingly close encounter with Mars are helping scientists to better estimate the comet's size, according to a NASA team that includes Penn State astronomers.
http://news.psu.edu/story/318741/2014/06/23/research/swift-satellite-photos-capture-comet-racing-toward-close-encounterMon, 23 Jun 2014 11:34 -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteRemnants of a shattered star discovered in Milky Wayhttp://news.psu.edu/story/268843/2013/03/15/impact/remnants-shattered-star-discovered-milky-way
Remnants of an exploded star have been discovered in our Milky Way galaxy by a team of scientists including astronomers at Penn State. The "supernova remnant" was discovered during an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions with NASA's Swift satellite, for which science and flight operations are controlled by Penn State from the Mission Operations Center on the University Park campus.
http://news.psu.edu/story/268843/2013/03/15/impact/remnants-shattered-star-discovered-milky-wayFri, 15 Mar 2013 14:45 -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteCheck the X-rayshttp://news.psu.edu/story/142004/2012/11/16/research/check-x-rays
A tsunami of high-energy X-rays streaming toward Earth from a rare X-ray nova has revealed the presence of a previously unknown black hole near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. A team of scientists including Penn State astronomers detected the X-ray event with NASA's Swift satellite, whose science and flight operations are controlled by Penn State from the Mission Operations Center near the University Park campus.
http://news.psu.edu/story/142004/2012/11/16/research/check-x-raysFri, 16 Nov 2012 (All day) -0500Penn State News - Swift satelliteThe Swiftest Satellitehttp://news.psu.edu/story/141832/2011/05/18/research/swiftest-satellite
The Swift Mission Operation Center has detected over 500 gamma-ray bursts and captured the first ever "normal" supernova in the act of exploding. John Nousek shares his experiences as Principal Investigator for Penn State activities related to Swift.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141832/2011/05/18/research/swiftest-satelliteWed, 18 May 2011 (All day) -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteCatching Up with John Nousekhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141833/2011/05/18/research/catching-john-nousek
The Swift Mission Operation Center has detected over 500 gamma-ray bursts and captured the first ever "normal" supernova in the act of exploding. John Nousek shares his experiences as Principal Investigator for Penn State activities related to Swift.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141833/2011/05/18/research/catching-john-nousekWed, 18 May 2011 (All day) -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteFirst Responderhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141872/2010/09/21/research/first-responder
After five remarkable years of discovery, the Swift satellite has
rewritten the book on the tremendous deep-space explosions known as
gamma-ray bursts.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141872/2010/09/21/research/first-responderTue, 21 Sep 2010 (All day) -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteAlley, Meszaros named to American Academy of Arts and Scienceshttp://news.psu.edu/story/168086/2010/04/19/alley-meszaros-named-american-academy-arts-and-sciences
Two Penn State faculty members are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences, and Peter Meszaros, director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics and Eberly chair of astronomy and astrophysics, and professor of physics, are included in the 2010 class.
http://news.psu.edu/story/168086/2010/04/19/alley-meszaros-named-american-academy-arts-and-sciencesMon, 19 Apr 2010 23:54 -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteGamma-ray fireworks now erupting from rare stellar objecthttp://news.psu.edu/story/179661/2009/02/11/gamma-ray-fireworks-now-erupting-rare-stellar-object
Astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from an object that is 30,000 light-years from Earth. The high-energy fireworks are X-ray and gamma-ray flares coming from a rapidly-spinning and super-magnetic remnant of an exploded star -- an unusual type of stellar cinder called a soft-gamma-ray repeater. The Swift satellite is controlled by Penn State from its Mission Operations Center at University Park, and Penn State led in the development and assembly of two of Swift's three telescopes.
http://news.psu.edu/story/179661/2009/02/11/gamma-ray-fireworks-now-erupting-rare-stellar-objectWed, 11 Feb 2009 13:15 -0500Penn State News - Swift satellite'Galaxies and Their Supermassive Black Holes' lecture set for Feb. 14http://news.psu.edu/story/179055/2009/02/09/galaxies-and-their-supermassive-black-holes-lecture-set-feb-14
"Galaxies and Their Supermassive Black Holes" is a free public lecture that will be given on Feb. 14, 2009, by Michael Eracleous, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State. The event is a Penn State component of the International Year of Astronomy and is the fourth of six lectures in the 2009 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, a free minicourse for the general public with the theme "Our Universe: From the Big Bang to Life."
http://news.psu.edu/story/179055/2009/02/09/galaxies-and-their-supermassive-black-holes-lecture-set-feb-14Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:03 -0500Penn State News - Swift satellite'Naked-eye' gamma-ray burst was aimed squarely at Earthhttp://news.psu.edu/story/183878/2008/09/10/naked-eye-gamma-ray-burst-was-aimed-squarely-earth
Unparalleled data from satellites and observatories around the globe show that the jet from a powerful stellar explosion on March 19 was aimed almost directly at Earth. The event, called a gamma-ray burst, became bright enough for human eyes to see. The burst's extraordinary brightness arose from a jet that shot material directly toward Earth at 99.99995 percent the speed of light. NASA's Swift satellite, controlled by Penn State from its Mission Operations Center at University Park, detected the explosion.
http://news.psu.edu/story/183878/2008/09/10/naked-eye-gamma-ray-burst-was-aimed-squarely-earthWed, 10 Sep 2008 13:19 -0400Penn State News - Swift satelliteSuperbright explosion is most distant object ever visible to naked eyehttp://news.psu.edu/story/189626/2008/03/21/superbright-explosion-most-distant-object-ever-visible-naked-eye
A powerful stellar explosion -- a gamma-ray burst -- has shattered the record for the most distant object visible to the naked eye and also ranks as the most intrinsically bright object ever observed by humans in the universe. The explosion was detected March 19 by NASA's Swift satellite, which is controlled by Penn State from its Mission Operations Center at University Park. "It's amazing -- we've been waiting for a flash this bright from a gamma-ray burst ever since Swift began observing the sky three years ago, and now we've got one that is so bright that it was visible to the naked eye even though its source is halfway across the universe," said David Burrows, senior scientist and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, who directs the continuing operation of Swift's X-ray telescope, the "XRT," and the analysis of the data it collects.
http://news.psu.edu/story/189626/2008/03/21/superbright-explosion-most-distant-object-ever-visible-naked-eyeFri, 21 Mar 2008 09:51 -0400Penn State News - Swift satellite